Epiphany- Week 3

I begun to think about the ‘preparation’ that goes behind documentary making. Do documentary makers have a specific ‘storyline’ in mind when they begin to make their films, or do they have a subject of interest and by filming such subject with the point and shoot method, then develop a storyline as true events unfold?

How much of real documentaries are real? Can you manipulate the feelings of the audience in the same way as scripted fictional films?

Do the documentary makers have to film what they can and they consider the possibilities of assembly after they shoot their footage as what they shoot is to an extent unpredictable?